Mount Eagle (Irish: Sliabh an Iolair, meaning 'eagle mountain')[2][3] is a mountain in County Kerry, Ireland.
Mount Eagle | |
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Sliabh an Iolair | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 516 m (1,693 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 461 m (1,512 ft)[1] |
Listing | Marilyn |
Coordinates | 52°7′4.18″N 10°25′55.41″W |
Naming | |
English translation | Eagle mountain |
Language of name | Irish |
Geography | |
![]() ![]() Mount Eagle Ireland | |
Location | County Kerry, Ireland |
Parent range | Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula |
OSI/OSNI grid | V334989 |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Mainly sandstone[1] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | ancestral |
Easiest route | Hiking |
The mountain is part of Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula and is the 419th highest in Ireland.[1] Mount Eagle is located not faraway from Slea Head (Ceann Sléibhe), the most south-westerly point of the peninsula, and is connected with mount Brandon by a ridge of lower hills.[4] On the mountain's top stands a trig point.[5]
The mountain summit was the first European bit of land seen by Charles Lindbergh after his 1927 plane voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.[6]
Mount Eagle summit can be reached with a medium walk from Ventry Harbour.[1] From the top of the mountain there is a good view of the neighbouring coast and the Blasket Islands.[5]
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